Oct 28, 2014
Oct 28, 2014
Exclusive Review: V/H/S: VIRAL (2014) {0}
Straight to D/V/D
By the time your horror franchise reaches its third chapter, you run the risk of simply repeating yourself. That’s not always a terrible thing (most of the Friday the 13th sequels are virtual remakes of their predecessors, but some of ‘em – like Part 4 and Part 6 – are actually pretty clever) but it certainly helps to throw in some new ideas amongst the typical franchise formula, and it’s nice to note that the indie V/H/S series has avoided redundancy.
Oct 28, 2014
FREE DVD When You Digital Download GYO TOKYO FISH ATTACK {0}
If you’re looking for “full-on mental entertainment” (Billy Chainsaw, Bizarre), TheHorrorShow.TV has an offer worth seeking out: a FREE DVD of Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack when you digitally download a copy of the barking mad Japanese film for just £5.99.
Oct 28, 2014
Review: KIDNAPPED (2010) {0}
Nihilism can make for a very effective tool when you’re trying to craft a rough, tough, and aggressive horror film. Once you show your audience that “all bets are off,” morally speaking, your film can (sometimes) start to feel like a loose cannon. In a good way. Filmmakers like Michael Haneke, Michael Winterbottom, and Pascal Laugier know this very well, which is why they’re able to compose stark and unflinchingly violent films that still have a point. Sometimes several.
Oct 28, 2014
NOW STREAMING: THEATRE OF FEAR (2014) {0}
“Completely insane – a horror masterpiece” Horrornews.net
“One of the most bizarre and twisted tales of carnage you’ll ever see ★★★★★” Scream Magazine
Oct 28, 2014
Review: AMONG THE LIVING, aka AUX YEUX DES VIVANTS (2014) {0}
The Paris, Texas Chain Saw Massacre
What happens when the creators of Inside (aka À l’intérieur) decide to combine Stand By Me with a splash of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and big portions of “home invasion” insanity? You’d probably get something that looks a lot like Julian Maury and Alexndre Bustillo’s Among the Living (aka Aux yeux des vivants), a beautifully shot and admirably unpredictable horror/thriller that uses the ingredients mentioned above – and maybe a half-dozen others – to cook up a multi-subgenre variety pack that manages to fire on all cylinders.
Oct 28, 2014
Exclusive Review: THE BABADOOK (2014) {0}
When you’re very young, “being scared” is not an amusing sort of experience. Oh, sure, as soon as we hit about 13 – and hopefully throughout our adult lives – we spend most of our times “playing along” with scary stories. And on the rare occasion when a film or a novel really does scare us, we’re all grown up by that point. We get over it, forget about it, and get distracted by other things.
Children don’t have these luxuries. When kids are truly scared, they’re trapped in some sort of dark and primeval place, and nobody wants that for a child.
Oct 28, 2014
Exclusive FrightFest Review: WOLFCOP (2014) {0}
The potential “problem” with films like WolfCop is not that they’re ridiculous; it’s that they often celebrate being ridiculous, which is sort of lazy way to tell a joke. (And I put “problem” in quotation marks because that’s my issue with broad and silly “grindhouse homage” movies, not necessarily yours.) Fortunately, the plainly ridiculous yet admirably stone-faced WolfCop earns a place alongside Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror, Jason Eisener’s Hobo With a Shotgun, and Astron-6’s Manborg. These are silly genre films made by (and for) people who take silly genre films very seriously.
